Holding(s) in Company

Bodycote International PLC
06 August 2002

Bodycote International plc



Fidelity - Notification of further increase in notifiable interest

FMR Corp. of Boston, Massachusetts and Fidelity International Limited of Bermuda
('Fidelity') notified the company on 5 August 2002 that it had increased its
material interest to a holding of 26,993,897 shares of Bodycote International
plc representing 10.53% of Bodycote's issued share capital, and that such
notification also comprised the interest of Edward C. Johnson III as a principal
shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity.






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